Accelerating genomics-based surveillance for COVID-19 response in Africa

• Sofonias K Tessema,
• Seth C Inzaule,
• Alan Christoffels,
• Yenew Kebede,
• Tulio de Oliveira,
• Ahmed E Ogwell Ouma,
• Christian T Happi,
• John N Nkengasong

Affiliations

Sofonias K Tessema

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa W21K19, Ethiopia

Seth C Inzaule

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa W21K19, Ethiopia

Alan Christoffels

South African Medical Research Council Bioinformatics Unit, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa; Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology, Cape Town, South Africa

Yenew Kebede

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa W21K19, Ethiopia

Tulio de Oliveira

KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Ahmed E Ogwell Ouma

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa W21K19, Ethiopia

Christian T Happi

African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID), Redeemer's University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria

John N Nkengasong

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa W21K19, Ethiopia